hoitoaikoihin

Hoitoaikoihin is a Finnish word form used in everyday and institutional contexts to refer to care times in plural illative voice. It is the illative plural form of hoitoaika, a compound noun made from hoito (care or treatment) and aika (time). The term is most often encountered in healthcare, social services, and child care settings where schedules, appointments, or periods of supervision are planned and discussed.

Meaning and usage

Hoitoaika denotes a designated period during which care or treatment is provided, such as a hospital visit, home care visit, or a scheduled session in day care. Hoitoaikoihin specifically points to entering, moving into, or being allocated to those care times, often in communications about planning, changes, or coordination across multiple sessions. Because Finnish uses case endings to express relation and direction, hoitoaikoihin appears in sentences that talk about arrangements affecting several care times or about actions taken with respect to those times.

Contexts

In health care, hoitoaikoihin might appear in planning documents, scheduling notices, or policy discussions about allocating time for patient care. In elder care or home care services, it can refer to multiple scheduled visits. In day care or early childhood education, the term may be used when coordinating attendance and supervision periods. The form emphasizes the plural, signaling that more than one care time is involved.

Linguistic notes

The word is a compound of hoito and aika, and -iin marks the illative case, here in plural form. This construction is typical in Finnish for indicating movement toward or inclusion in a set of times or events.

See also

hoitoaika, hoito, aika, terveydenhuolto, päivähoito